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Kindergarten Library Skills and Literature - Roseburg Public Schools

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Preparation: Have overhead <strong>and</strong> colored pens. Students at tables.Review: Review vocabulary, “fiction”, “nonfiction.”Diagram of the library, E, F, BB spine labelsOrder by AuthorRepeat <strong>Library</strong> Rap (fiction part) from First Grade <strong>Skills</strong>Story: Alice the Fairy by David ShannonLesson 5: Areas of the <strong>Library</strong> - Introduction to Dewey DecimalSystemPreparation: Dewey Decimal Poster by 100’s set over by Nonfiction section,Overhead of <strong>Library</strong> diagramReview: Nonfiction on diagram, Repeat <strong>Library</strong> Rap (nonfiction part)Lesson: What are those numbers that every subject gets?1. Melville Dewey came up with a way to give numbers for subjectsbecause using the alphabet as we do with authors didn’t work very well. Hewanted to keep subjects together, so this is his system which is named after him.2. The system uses three numbers in the hundreds. But that was notenough numbers, so he used decimal points after the three numbers to give himmore numbers for the subjects.(Demonstrate on overhead)3. So it is called the DEWEY (for Melville Dewey) DECIMAL (decimalpoints that give more numbers) SYSTEM (a way to organize things.4. Go to the nonfiction <strong>and</strong> hold up each 100’s category <strong>and</strong> tell what themain category is <strong>and</strong> what great subjects are under that heading. Show whichshelves hold these subjects. Ask kids to listen carefully <strong>and</strong> see if they canfind their favorite categories.5. When done with all 10 categories, illicit from students which were theirfavorites. Encourage students to look for those numbers during checkout. Duringcheckout have students who get nonfiction books to tell you which 100’s the bookcame from by looking at the spine label.Story: probably no time for oneLesson 6: Areas of the <strong>Library</strong>, Reference (review) <strong>and</strong>

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